They take us by surprise, these tall perennials
that jut like hollyhocks above the canopy
of all the rest of us-bright testimonials
to the scale of human possibility.
They come to bloom for every generation,
blazing with extraordinary notions
from the taproots of imagination-
dazzling us with incandescent visions.
And soon, the things we never thought would happen
start to happen: the solid fences
of reality begin to soften,
crumbling into fables and romances-
and we turn away from where we’ve been
to a new place, where light is pouring in.
(Marilyn L. Taylor)
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